anecdotes
A 24-Hour Window in Which Nobody Wanted Me
I received an email at 8:53 last night. The key paragraph read: OK, that was a bummer, was kind of excited about judging again (in one of my various areas of expertise); breaks up the working-at-home monotony. Ah well, no worries, perhaps I’d judge remotely. Woke up this morning, checked my email. This had arrived […]
Meatball Sandwich Review: Two Boots
Sheila “gets” me. She knew, when she e-mailed me a photo of her lunch a few weeks ago, that I’d totally appreciate it. “oh my god i want that,” I replied. “i want three. maybe i want six.” Sheila had obtained them at the Two Boots in Grand Central Terminal. She said they were “pretty […]
Jackupuncture
Jack, what’s happening? Are you interested in acupuncture? said the text message from my friend Molly. Well, the truth is, I hadn’t ever really given it much thought. Mention acupuncture to me and the thought that comes to mind is drinking a glass of water afterward, and it comes spurting out from all over your […]
Little Lies
I was walking down Grand Street, like I do most Saturdays. It was cold and I didn’t really want to be outside, but I’m a creature of habit and was heading to my regular Saturday lunch spot. On the way I pass some sort of senior center/community building and today I saw a little crowd […]
Meatball Sandwich Review: Favia Pizza
It was snowing like nobody’s business and I had to get to Jersey City. OK, sure, I could’ve rescheduled the interview I was conducting for a day with less inclement weather. But, I’m a bit of a masochist, a firm believer in “no time like the present,” and besides, I might get that meatball sandwich […]
Carded at the Library
What’s that old saying? “Unless we know a historian, we’re doomed to repeat it?” Something like that, anyway. Well, I am lucky to have a historian friend, Christina. When she recently told me she had helped put together an exhibit called “Driving for Justice: The New York Taxi Workers Alliance Records,” I was very eager […]
Record Store Review: Rough Trade NYC
I guess I first heard about Rough Trade when I was in high school (not to be confused with lower-case “rough trade,” which is another story for another day). It was a record label, and also a store, or vice-versa, and it was British and mysterious and cool, with an iconic logo, perfect for us […]
Meatball Sandwich Review: Pizza Per Tutti
Here at Salt in Wound dot-com, we tirelessly circumnavigate the globe in search of the ultimate meatball sandwich. And so it was that I found myself in Oranjestad, Aruba, at the Tamarijn All-Inclusive Vacation Beach Resort. You know how they don’t feed you on planes anymore? Suffice to say I was starving like a mothereffer […]
The Best Pizza in Town
Michelle was on the phone when I entered. I didn’t know her name yet, only that she was a small, older, slightly disheveled woman with a kind face. She acknowledged my presence, and I tried to indicate that there was no rush. Still, she interrupted her call to ask me, “One slice?” and when I […]
Aryan Youth Prom Season?
Spotted on Route 1/9 in Elizabeth, NJ. I understand that not everyone is a history buff. But I’m surprised that nobody told the owners, “Eh… that’s a little offensive.”
Jack Silbert, curator